Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Visit Greater Palm Springs in Rancho Mirage, California, appointed Bruggemans director of sustainability and community engagement. Over the last 17 years, she has garnered experience in hospitality, event, food and beverage, and business management. Runyon brings 10 years of venue administration and events experience.

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Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels Tourism 98

GEVME

JANUARY 27, 2020

Events and gatherings happen in all sizes, at all kinds of social and commercial environments — whether it is a Christmas party, a large scale conference or a business event. While people love spending their time in such places, the organizers do not really place sustainability as the anchor of organizing such events.

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Sustainability Food and Beverage Transportation Events 194

Quickmobile

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Take it from me – an ex-event planner who worked primarily on cruise ships. The conference begins tomorrow afternoon, and the ship is already en route to Turkey. Even without unique venues, time zones can wreak havoc on your event. Surprisingly, some calamity takes place fairly frequently at events on trips.

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Conference Venues Speakers Travel 154

Management Events

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Europe had already reduced the amount of gas coming through Ukraine and intensified the flows through Turkey, hoping that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline would be operating. The investments have to result in a sustainable future and help consumers in the long run. The problems with the gas supply from Russia started earlier this year.

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Negotiating Government Marketing Consulting 52

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

A quest to find sustainable event experts leads to an emerging wine region in California’s Central Coast It’s not your imagination. All of these are laudable steps in a world that is getting hotter and impacted by more extreme weather events every year. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings.

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Meetings Sustainability Tourism Food and Beverage 111

Eventsforce

AUGUST 28, 2019

Events often generate large amounts of unnecessary waste, adding to an already concerning amount produced each year in most parts of the world. With sustainability and social responsibility on the forefront of minds these days, many event organisers are taking substantial measures to reduce their carbon footprint. Go Paperless.

Sustainability 96

Sustainability Transportation Social Media Speakers 96

Eventsforce

AUGUST 28, 2019

Events often generate large amounts of unnecessary waste, adding to an already concerning amount produced each year in most parts of the world. With sustainability and social responsibility on the forefront of minds these days, many event organisers are taking substantial measures to reduce their carbon footprint. Go Paperless.

Sustainability 90

Sustainability Transportation Social Media Speakers 90

Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 10, 2020

Events often generate a large amount of unnecessary waste, adding to an already concerning amount produced each year around the world. With sustainability and social responsibility being on the top of minds today, more and more event planners are taking action , turning their event “green” in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint.

Food and Beverage 114

Food and Beverage Transportation Sustainability Events 114

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

And there will be growing use of cashless payments and livestreaming at meetings and events. ON AIRBNB   Airbnb as a lodging alternative is gaining recognition and legitimacy, more for leisure and association event attendees, but increasingly for [other] business travelers and meeting/convention attendees. Airfares will be up 2.5

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2019

As an event professional, there’s one time of year you can really shine in your everyday life—the holiday season. While you’re waiting for the turkey to finish roasting, gather the family together and have some fun. Celebrate sustainably. From all of us here at the Event Leadership Institute, Happy Holidays!

Food and Beverage 59

Food and Beverage Banking Sustainability Events 59

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

No matter that a single state had never hosted the event, only entire countries. Chief among them: The event calls for the U.S. It’s not a situation where they just wanted any major event to come to Hawaii — there was a legitimate interest. Or that the remote island with strict U.S. destination.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. This is our fourth class,” said PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton, “and with each one, we are struck by the passion and insights these individuals bring to the business-events community. This year’s group is no exception.

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2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69